At the close of yesterday, February 28, a total of 7 thousand 192 patients are admitted, 4 thousand 676 suspects in surveillance 58 and confirmed active 2 thousand 458.

For COVID-19, a total of 8,604 samples were taken for surveillance on the day, with 396 being positive for 4.6% positivity. The country accumulates 13 million 098 thousand 729 samples carried out and 1 million 070 thousand 258 positives (8.2%).

Of the total cases (396): 387 were contacts of confirmed cases, 2 with a source of infection abroad and 7 without a specified source of infection. Of the 396 diagnosed cases, 223 were female and 173 male.

4.3% (17) of the 396 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 145,158, which represents 13.5% of those confirmed to date.

Of the 396 diagnosed cases, they belong to the age groups: under 20 years old (83), 20 to 39 years old (112), 40 to 59 years old (97), 60 and over (104).

Residence by province and municipality of confirmed cases:

Pinar del Rio: 7 cases

• Los Palacios: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Pinar del Río: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• San Luis: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Viñales: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).

Artemis: 15 cases

• Bauta: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Caimito: 6 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Guanajay: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Güira de Melena: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).

Havana: 6 cases

•  Guanabacoa: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Beach: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Revolution Square: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• San Miguel del Padrón: 1 (confirmed case contact).

Mayabeque: 30 cases

•  Batabanó: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Bejucal: 10 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Güines: 3 (2 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 without a specified source of infection).
• Jaruco: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Early morning: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• San José de las Lajas: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• San Nicolás de Bari: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Santa Cruz del Norte: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).

Massacres: 65 cases

• Calimete: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Cárdenas: 15 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Ciénaga de Zapata: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Jagüey Grande: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Jovellanos: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Lemon grove: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Martí: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Matanzas: 31 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Pedro Betancourt: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Perico: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Unión de Reyes: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).

Cienfuegos: 9 cases

• Passenger Aguada: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Cienfuegos: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Crosses: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Cumanayagua: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Rhodes: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).

Villa Clara: 35 cases

• Caibarién: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Camajuaní: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Cifuentes: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Manicaragua: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Placetas: 10 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Remedies: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Sagua la Grande: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Santa Clara: 13 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Santo Domingo: 1 (confirmed case contact).

Sancti Spiritus: 71 cases

• Cabaiguán: 11 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Development: 9 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Jatibonico: 8 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• La Sierpe: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Sancti Spíritus: 17 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Taguasco: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Trinidad: 10 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Yaguajay: 9 (contacts of confirmed cases).

Ciego de Avila: 15 cases

• Baraguá: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Chambas: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Ciego de Ávila: 6 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Ciro Redondo: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Morón: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• January 1: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).

Camaguey: 18 cases

•  Camagüey: 10 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Emerald: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Jimaguayú: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Najasa: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Nuevitas: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Santa Cruz del Sur: 1 (confirmed case contact).

Las Tunas: 13 cases

• Jobabo: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Las Tunas: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Majibacoa: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Puerto Padre: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).

Granma: 24 cases

• Bartolomé Masó: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Bayamo: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Ox Top: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Campechuela: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Manzanillo: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Media Luna: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Niquero: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Pylon: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Yara: 1 (confirmed case contact).

Holguin: 77 cases

• Banes: 1 (imported).
• Cacocum: 6 Banes: 1 (imported). (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Calixto García: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Cueto: 4 (3 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported).
• Holguín: 43 (41 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 without a specified source of infection).
• Moa: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Rafael Freyre: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Urbano Noris: 7 (contacts of confirmed cases).

Santiago de Cuba: 6 cases

•  Boatswain: 2 (no specified source of infection).
• Second Front: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Nick: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• St. Louis: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• Santiago de Cuba: 1 (no specified source of infection)

Guantanamo: 5 cases

• Baracoa: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• El Salvador: 1 (no specified source of infection).
• Guantánamo: 1 (confirmed case contact).

Of the million 070 thousand 258 patients diagnosed with the disease, 2 thousand 458 remain hospitalized, of them 2 thousand 433 with stable clinical evolution. There are 8,495 deaths (1 on the day), a lethality of 0.79% vs 1.37% in the world and 1.78% in the Americas; two evacuated and 57 returned to their countries. On the day there were 606 discharges, 1 million 059 thousand 246 recovered patients (99%) accumulate. 25 confirmed patients are treated in intensive care, 8 of them critical and 17 seriously ill.

On the day, 1 deceased patient was reported. We deeply regret what happened and convey our condolences to his family and friends.

Residence by province of deceased patients

• • Ciego de Avila: 1 deceased
  Deaths by age groups
  • Between 40 and 49 years: 1 deceased
  Distribution by sex
  • Male: 1 deceased
  Main comorbidities
  • Diabetes Mellitus: 1
  As of February 28, 192 countries and 32 territories are reported with cases of COVID-19, amounting to 436 million 460 thousand 822 confirmed cases (+ 1 million 103 thousand 7) with 63 million 327 thousand 745 active cases and 5 million 970 thousand 656 deceased (+ 4 thousand 559) for a lethality of 1.37% (-0.01)

   

• In the region of the Americas, 149 million 55 thousand 297 confirmed cases (+ 74 thousand 633) are reported, 34.15% of the total cases reported in the world, with 31 million 19 thousand 186 active cases and 2 million 658 thousand 647 deceased (+ 1 thousand 5) for a lethality of 1.78% (-0.01).

Taken from MINSAP